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  • Natasha

    11:41 EDT, 27.Aug.08
    Just wanted to stop by and tell you how awesome you are!

  • Northwoods Bar Supplies

    10:22 EDT, 28.Jul.08
    Thank you so much for the comment!!! I really do appreciate it!!! Dan.

  • Nick ^_^

    04:51 EST, 03.Mar.08
    Thanks for the comment! Hope to see you around...

  • QueenJuliana

    23:36 EST, 11.Feb.08
    Oh Ev, anticipate 00:36 when Keely hits the mood ... xo QJ

  • MOLI

    23:51 EST, 24.Jan.08
    I wish you would be in the office on Monday.  Miss. Minx will be in the office in the morning.

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Evelyn McDonnell
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About Me
Evelyn McDonnell is the author of several books and a widely published freelance writer. She is currently the editor at large of www.MOLI.com, where she previously served as editorial director. Before that she was the pop culture writer at The Miami Herald for six years. She is the author of three books: Mamarama: A Memoir of Sex, Kids and Rock 'n' Roll, Army of She: Icelandic, Iconoclastic, Irrepressible Bjork and Rent by Jonathan Larson. She coedited the anthologies Rock She Wrote: Women Write About Rock, Pop and Rap and Stars Don't Stand Still in the Sky: Music and Myth. A former senior editor at The Village Voice and associate editor at SF Weekly, her writing on music, poetry, theater, and culture has appeared in numerous publications and anthologies, including Ms., Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Spin, Travel & Leisure, Us, Billboard, and Option. She published and edited the zines Resister and OK Go Now. She codirected the conference Stars Don't Stand Still in the Sky: Music and Myth at the Dia Center for the Arts in New York in 1998.

Evelyn's 2004 Herald expose on hip-hop cops, written with Nicole White, was awarded first place for enterprise by the South Florida Black Journalists Association and second place in the Society of Professional Journalists' Sunshine State Awards. It's included in the DaCapo anthology Best Music Writing 2005. Evelyn also received a second-place Sunshine State award that year for criticism. In 2003, a Herald series on changes in the music industry received third place in the business category of the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors competition. Her '96 cover story for Option on PJ Harvey was named best interview in a magazine by the Music Journalism Awards.

Evelyn lives in Miami Beach with her husband, Bud, her stepdaughters, Karlie and Kenda, her son, Cole, their dog, Otis, and two cats, Paleface and Moonpie.
Interests
White Stripes, Biscayne Bay, Shut Up and Sing, Cole
Country
United States
School Name
Brown University

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  • EXCLUSIVE: MGMT Unveil New Album!

    Mark your calendars, Blackberries, iPhones, iPads, or just write it on your damn hand -- 'cause now it's officially official: MGMT's second album, Congratulations, will release in the U.S. on April 13.

    MGMT's core duo of Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser recorded the album at studios in Upstate, NY, Brooklyn, and Malibu, CA, with producer Peter Kember, a.k.a. Sonic Boom of shoegaze pioneers Spaceman 3, and their live band -- Matt Asti (bass), Will Berman (drums), and James Richardson (guitar). Royal Trux frontwoman Jennifer Herrema helped with vocals, while knob-twiddler extraordinaire Dave Fridmann (Mercury Rev, Flaming Lips) handled mixing duties.

    The release is the group's first since their 2007 breakout debut, the catchy and psychedelic Oracular Spectacular -- which landed MGMT on the cover of SPIN.

    "It's definitely going to shock people," Vanwyngarden recently told SPIN.com of the new album's sound. "We dropped any sort of irony that was on the first record, and Congratulations feels true to who we really are."

    Congratulations' nine songs are "sequenced to flow with sonic and thematic coherence." And according to Vanwyngarden, the album moves from "Lady Dada's Nightmare," a "very nightmare-ish sounding" instrumental track inspired by the "Poker Face" pop star, to "Congratulations," a song written about fame and the "worldwide economic crisis." Through it all, he said, there's one unifying influence: surfing, a sport he picked up while recording in Malibu.

    "There's a surfing thread throughout the record," he explained, citing another new song, called "It's Working." "When you're surfing, there's a specific break you're paddling to. And when the waves are really good you say, 'It's working.' The song kind of has a surf-y vibe. It's like surfing on ecstasy!"

    The ocean's influence on Congratulations is also evident on MGMT's website, which features an image of a beach with crashing waves and, in the upper left corner, a timer counting down to the album's release date.

    Another album track "Siberian Breaks" is a 12-minute-long tune that's "like eight different songs strung together into one, and the general theme is about surfing in the Arctic Circle by Russia," Vanwyngarden explained.

    As previously reported, MGMT debuted a pair of songs during their late-night set at Bonnaroo last June -- an untitled piano-led track that recalled the bright psychedelia and flowing arrangements of the Zombies' The Odyssey and the Oracle, and the album's title track, a more standard MGMT fare (catchy synths, sing-along vocals).

    Currently, MGMT have only two live concerts scheduled: an April 17 appearance at Coachella and a May 2 gig at New Jersey's Bamboozle fest.

    A full tour in support of Congratulations is expected to be announced soon.

    Congratulations tracklist:
    "It's Working"
    "Song for Dan Treacy"
    "Someone's Missing"
    "Flash Delirium"
    "I Found a Whistle"
    "Siberian Breaks"
    "Brian Eno"
    "Lady Dada's Nightmare"
    "Congratulations"

  • Tuesday's Music Roundup

    [Updated: 8:19 A.M.]

    NEWS:

     

      LIL WAYNE Will Begin Prison Term Today
      Rapper is expected to surrender after his sentencing in a Manhattan court. [MTV]
      MICHAEL JACKSON's Doctor Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter
      Facing up to four years in jail, Dr. Conrad Murray is being held in Los Angeles on $75,000 bail. [SPIN]
      Best & Worst SUPER BOWL Music
      The Arcade Fire, Grizzly Bear, the Who, and more of the big game's musical wins and losses. [SPIN]
      PHOENIX Score New SOFIA COPPOLA Movie
      "It's very minimal," singer Thomas Mars says of the soundtrack for his baby's mama’s new film, Sometime. [Spinner]
      Top 10 WHO Super Bowl Moments
      Charles Aaron on Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, and Ringo's son, playing the biggest stage in the world. [SPIN]
      YEASAYER Play L.A.'s Natural History Museum
      Neither stuffed dinosaurs nor blown-out monitors could keep the Brooklyn hotshots from winning over the museum set. [SPIN]
      JAMIE LIDELL Taps BECK, FEIST, WILCO and GRIZZLY BEAR Members for New Album
      Compass drops May 18 courtesy of Warp. [Pitchfork]
      HOT CHIP Dazzle at Secret Show
      The British dance mavens preview their sexy new album at an intimate New York City MySpace event for 600 determined fans. [SPIN]
      Bomb Scare at 30 SECONDS TO MARS Movie Screening
      Unidentified man drops package onstage, mentions explosives to Jared Leto before fans evacuate. [MTV]
      LEONARD COHEN Postpones Tour Due to Injury
      75-year-old singer/songwriter delays summer tour of Europe due to a back injury. [Guardian]

     

    MP3s & VIDEOS:

     

      DOWNLOAD: VAMPIRE WEEKEND Cover RANCID
      Like a civilized, globetrotting Tim Armstrong sipping a Mai Tai in St. Barts. [SPIN]
      LISTEN: New Song from HIGH ON FIRE
      Bay Area metal kings High On Fire unveil an exclusive track from their forthcoming album. [SPIN]
  • Yeasayer Play L.A.'s Natural History Museum

    On Friday night in Los Angeles, intrepid show-goers braved heavy rain and dodged at least one Tyrannosaurus on their way to Yeasayer’s sold-out performance at the Natural History Museum. Flanked by stuffed musk oxen and elephant seals, the eclectic Brooklyn band delivered a fevered set that saw them pound, wail, and groove through the majority of their upcoming second album, Odd Blood.

     

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    Local foursome Warpaint kicked things off with its winning mix of slack and pop – a no-frills mash-up of rock bluster and post-punk angularity that gradually morphed the stylish ladies on stage into piles of tousled hair and Chuck Taylors. The converted exhibition hall was packed to the brim from the time the first note rang out, with the considerable overflow watching a 3-D projection of the show in a rotunda occupied primarily by dinosaur bones.

    Into this bizarre scene, Yeasayer injected its own excellent weirdness. The band opened with Odd Blood’s creepy lead track, "The Children," lo-bit thumping and syncopated keyboard jangle clearing the way for Chris Keating’s voice, which had been downshifted to a distorted growl. The crowd was clearly familiar with the new songs, and greeted the opening synth sounds of the next one, Afro-Indian hybrid "Madder Red," with wild cheering.

    So it continued, with Yeasayer’s polyglot funk rattling the glass panes separating the fans from stuffed beasts, and those same fans occasionally failing at attempts to surf the crowd, leaving footprints on the descriptive plaques.

    Each member of the five-piece seemed responsible for his own small arsenal of instruments and equipment and if the effect was overwhelming, it was almost always in the best way. Such was the case for the hypnotic dub of "Strange Reunions," and the tautly epic "I Remember."

    The tail end of the set brought technical difficulties, however. After leading Yeasayer through two favorites from the band’s 2007 debut All Hour Cymbals -- "Wait For The Summer" and "Sunrise" -- Keating announced, "We have no monitors at all. We’re totally flying blind up here." Despite the venue’s best efforts to correct the problem, Yeasayer had to push forth with its wings clipped.

    A particularly urgent version of "Germs" almost teetered over the edge, but ebullient single "Ambling Alp" was undefeatable.

    By the time the group reached its final song, the Hot Chip-reminiscent "O.N.E.," Yeasayer was in top form again -- bells and whistles pumping, its futuristic, genre-smudging psychedelia colliding against airless dioramas depicting a silent past.

    Yeasayer Set List:

    "The Children"
    "Madder Red"
    "Tightrope"
    "Love Me Girl"
    "I Remember"
    "Strange Reunions"
    "Wait For The Summer"
    "Final Path"
    "Sunrise"
    "Germs"
    "Ambling Alp"
    "O.N.E."

  • Jackson's Doctor Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter

    Eight months after Michael Jackson's death last June, the late star's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter for administering the King of Pop a powerful anesthetic that was a major factor in his death, the AP reports.

    Murray entered a not guilty plea in Los Angeles Superior Court just hours after he was charged. He is currently in custody and is being held on $75,000 bail.

    Jackson's physician Dr. Conrad Murray has been charged with involuntary manslaughter
    Dr. Conrad Murray
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    Superior Court Judge Keith Schwartz ordered Murray to surrender his passport, but granted the doctor permission to continue practicing medicine as long as he doesn't administer anesthesia, People reports.

    "I'm talking about deep anesthetic, where you put somebody to sleep," the judge said. "You can be in a room where another doctor is doing it, but you can't do that."

    The L.A.P.D. and D.E.A. focused their investigation on Murray last August, when a coroner said Jackson died from "acute propofol intoxication," combined with other sedatives, all of which were administered by Murray to help Jackson, 50, with insomnia.

    "We'll make bail, we'll plead not guilty and we'll fight like hell," Murray's attorney Ed Chernoff said, according to the AP. Murray could face as much as four years in prison if convicted.

    The prosecution is accusing Murray of acting without "the caution and circumspection required" when dealing with drugs as powerful as those he gave Jackson. The anesthetic propofol is only supposed to be given in a medical setting by an anesthesia professional, according to federal regulations.

    The upcoming trial is already shaping up to be yet another celebrity drama. Fans crowded the courthouse during the arraignment, chanting and holding signs that read "Justice for Michael."

    Much of the Jackson family was there, too, including Michael's father Joseph, mother Katherine, and brothers Jermaine, Tito, and Randy, TMZ reports.

  • Best & Worst Super Bowl Music

    With the feel-good storyline of the underdog New Orleans Saints winning Sunday night's big game 31-17 and taking a championship home to their once-ravaged city, it was easy to overlook the usual Super Bowl sideshows: the commercials and the halftime extravaganza. Here, we breakdown the best and worst of Super Bowl XLIV's musical moments.

    THE BEST

    Artist: Grizzly Bear
    Context: Volkswagen "PunchDub" commercial
    Why It Was Great: We remember the "Punch Buggy" game from our youth, so the playful tones of the Brooklyn band's toy piano-led cut of Veckatimest were a perfect complement to VW's campaign.

    Artist: The Heavy
    Context: Kia "Big Game" commercial
    Why It Was Great: The soulful British band's classic-sounding R&B tune "How You Like Me Now?" is the soundtrack to giant-sized toys taking a joyride in a Kia SUV. We're thinking that licensing a James Brown song was probably too expensive, but the Heavy's romp was a great substitute.

    Artist: Arcade Fire
    Context: NFL fan tribute
    Why It Was Great: One of the decade's best songs, paired with glossy, high-def footage of you and me cheering on our favorite NFL teams. Even more of a crowd-pleaser: The band donated the fees they would have collected from the NFL towards Haiti relief.

    Artists: Jay-Z/Rihanna/E.S. Posthumus
    Context: "Run This Town" kickoff to CBS broadcast
    Why It Was Great: Just as Jay's "Empire State of Mind" lit our fires during the 2009 World Series, this slamming orchestral rendition of "Run This Town" couldn't have been a better pump-up track for the big game.

    THE WORST

    Artist: The Who
    Context: Super Bowl XLIV halftime show
    Why It Failed: Sure, the Who must have seemed a perfect fit for the NFL's older-male demographic, but after seeing all the American-born talent at last weekend's Grammys, couldn't CBS have done better than AARP-aged Brits and Union Jack-waving set? Were Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Mary J Blige, and Taylor Swift really all busy?

    Artist: Cheap Trick
    Context: Audi's "Green Police" ad
    Why It Failed: Robin Zander actually re-recorded Cheap Trick's "Dream Police" for this ad, turning it into "Green Police." We're all for recycling, except in this case.

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    Sport/fashion collabs are usually just pseudo outdoorsy, dressing you up for a game without ever handing you the bat or the ball so to speak. Bape’s latest partnership with Japanese fishermen Daiwa, goes in on a technical level that’s almost unheard of, with everything from tackles, spinners, fishing chinos and even a hat to wear [...]
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    Did you ever read that book Our Band Could be Your Life? We did. And when we finished it, our first thought was: Hey, these bands totally could have been us! If only it wasn’t any year after downloading music changed the whole game forever. That said, every encounter with No Age keeps us inspired—you [...]
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